NEW RESOURCES
New-to-me, from the Santa Maria Sun: Explore the history of View-Master 3D through a Santa Maria resident’s new documentary. “Dave Machin’s hobby collecting View-Master 3D toys started by chance when he picked one up at an antique shop in San Luis Obispo. He clicked through travel reels of destinations like Yosemite, Chicago, and Miami…. He manually converted his stockpile of vintage viewers and reels into a large online database to occupy his mind during the pandemic. Then, an idea for a project sparked.”
People: A Former Radiologist Is Building an Online Archive of Lost St. Louis Restaurants — Here’s How It’s Bringing People Together. “A retired radiologist is mapping the lost restaurants of St. Louis. Harley Hammerman has created Lost Tables, an archival collection of the lost restaurants of the Missouri city, featuring a website and a Facebook group with over 20,000 members.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
AMNY: 40,000 more 9/11 records released as questions linger over toxic air warnings. “Mayor Zohran Mamdani‘s administration released on Wednesday another 40,000 documents related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, adding to a growing public archive of records that survivors and first responders spent years fighting to access.”
MakeUseOf: Google Docs finally learned Markdown. “Google Docs now natively supports editing .md and .markdown files. This means you can upload and edit your Markdown files directly from Google Drive without needing to convert them first.”
AROUND THE SEARCH & SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD
CBC: Google Maps changed its default voice to be more ‘natural.’ People hate it. “Google Maps has changed its default voice for directions — you know, the one that tells you where to turn and how many kilometres until the off-ramp — and it’s safe to say many people are not fans of the new mouthpiece directing them from Point A to Point B.”
New York State Education Department: Archives Partnership Trust Launches New Programs to Expand Educator Access and Enhance Classroom Instruction of New York’s Primary Source Materials. “The New York State Education Department and Archives Partnership Trust’s RDL Gardiner Foundation Educational Resource Center for New York State History today announced two new educational initiatives that will expand access to New York’s historical records and further empower the state’s educators to use primary source materials in the classroom.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
Ars Technica: Updated Google privacy policy says your Gmail might be used for advertising. “Using Google’s products and services has always been fundamentally precarious—doing so gives the world’s largest advertising company a lot of juicy personal data. Google has long said it won’t use the sensitive data from products like Gmail, Drive, and Photos for ad personalization, but a change to the company’s privacy policy appears to dismantle that firewall.”
WABE: Atlanta social media influencer indicted in $4 million SNAP fraud scheme. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced Wednesday that social media personality Mercedes Reshard New, also known as ‘Shawty Dred,’ has been arrested on federal charges after allegedly obtaining more than $4 million in fraudulent SNAP benefits.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
Dennis Crowley: Some final words on Foursquare. “After 17 years, FSQ’s ending has been written. Some thoughts on our final years, an effort to honor the team who helped build & maintain FSQ’s legacy, and my attempt to finally get some closure.”
Library of Congress: Become Part of the Legacy of Abolitionist and Educator, Myrtilla Miner. “In 1851, more than a decade before the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, the School for Colored Girls opened in Washington, D.C. with the mission of training Black women educators. The institution was the first of its kind in the District and only the fourth in the nation. Today, the Library of Congress and the By the People volunteer transcription program invite you to celebrate the life and legacy of its courageous and barrier-breaking founder, Myrtilla Miner (1815-1864).” Good afternoon, Internet…
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